Community Chat

[Lindsays Grandma]

@Desertdi ...Okay, I get the picture and if the property tax is "pretty low" than you have a win win situation.

[Sooner]

@Jordan2 People leave packages at my door pretty much every day and none of them knock, ring the bell or anything but dump and run.

EXCEPT the mailman.  In this day and age they are all so swamped I feel sorry for them.

One I think UPS guy came running up from the side of the house today, jumped up on the little porch bent over and slid the package on, never setting off the rind doorbell.  That was a first!  

[SouthernBee]

@lovescats : Well for me it's not that great. On any given day - a lot of the items are not listed, but the junk mail is always  noted. The ones listed will not always be delivered that day but several days later.My mail is normally delivered any time between 4 pm and 6:30 pm. The other day- the mail box was jammed with mail thus very difficult to remove if you have arthritic hands and fingers, this happens on a regular basis.We hated to see our previous postman retire because he knew that both of us are handicapped and he would place packages and mail in our chair next to the door. Our doctors have completed forms requesting for us to have a mail box on the front door but always denied. Just like so many other jobs- some people provide excellent service and others just do what ever. If you try to call the local post office- no one never answers.

[KBEANS]

Employee Tipping and Gift-Receiving Policy

All postal employees, including carriers, must comply with the Standards of Ethical Conduct for Employees of the Exec­utive Branch. Under these federal regulations, carriers are permitted to accept a gift worth $20 or less from a customer per occasion, such as Christmas. However, cash and cash equivalents, such as checks or gift cards that can be exchanged for cash, must never be accepted in any amount. Furthermore, no employee may accept more than $50 worth of gifts from any one customer in any one calendar year period.

This is now updated and the gift amount has been raised $50 maximum...gift only. Nothing wrong with a gift card to Starbucks, Dunkin', Subway. These can't be exchanged for cash, can only be spent in that establishment.

[tototwo]

@Jordan2  -- it seems like you have great service to me.  

It's rare that we have the same mail delivery person 2 days in a row.   Some days our mail is delivered early in the morning; some days, late in the afternoon or evening.  It's hit or miss.  We've never had a package delivered to our porch, so definitely not ringing the door bell.  If we have a USPS package, the delivery person puts a note in our mailbox and we have to drive to the post office between 10am - 4pm the next day to pick it up.  Our mail boxes are at the curb at the end of our driveways, so the mail person drives from box to box and never gets out of the mail truck.  

I've never given a mailman a Christmas gift.  

[Meowingkitty]

I have to walk down the street to get my mail. Some days he here at 2:00, some days it's 4:00 and other days he can be as late as 6 or 7. He never rings the bell if I have a package. Heck he doesn't even bring it to the door. I have a wall in front of my house and he just puts it on the other side of the wall. Rarely do any of the delivery people ring my bell. My Blink camera notifies me if someone is at my door. I never tip my mailman because I rarely see him/her and I think there's a different one several times a week. 

[Meowingkitty]

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@Lindsays Grandma wrote:

@Desertdi ...Okay, I get the picture and if the property tax is "pretty low" than you have a win win situation.

I'm in Arizona too and as long as my taxes are low walking to the mailbox is no big deal.

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[chrystaltree]

$50 at Christmas to mail carrier you aren't satisified with?  I give my regular mail carrier who has been delivering my mail  for years a card with $25 gift card tucked in. I give the guy who delivers packages, NOTHING because I'm not happy with him.  Where did you get the idea that tipping people who make a darn good salary is mandatory?  I suspect they aren't allowed to accept cash gifts anyway.  He's surly, that's just who he is.  My package delivery guy is like that.  

[chrystaltree]

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@MamaWick wrote:

Wow!  You are way too generous, and he is not allowed to accept cash...so shame on him.

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               Thanks, I thought it was something like this.  

[Cakers3]

I have absolutely no idea why getting a tip equates to the expectation that the doorbell should be rung when a package is delivered.

Nor do I understand why not having young children indicates the doorbell should be rung.

I have absolutely no idea why getting "daggers" (perception) equates to giving a tip.

Giving him a lesser tip or no tip at all is not going to change him.  The doorbell will still be left unrung and the "daggers" will still happen.  He isn't required to ring the doorbell, period.

Tips are not required and in fact are limited by USPS standards.

So he isn't Prince Charming.  It's not the end of the world.  There are surly people eveyrwhere.  He delivered the package and he takes the letters.  End of job description.

If the doorbell is rung, people complain it upsets the dog.

If the doorbell is not rung, people complain it should be so.

Expectations only upset you, not the carrier.

Oy.